Room 7 Edublog

M: Ring Ring Goes the Bell
T: It’s a Man’s World
W: No One
Th: Swayze Dance
F: Veteran song

OBJECTIVES
To grasp the issues of the time and how these are mirrored in our own time
To analyze the function of satire
To evaluate the target of satire

AGENDA
M: QWA readiness
T: QWA
W: Novel Discussion
Th: Verb/Satire Review
F: Verb/Satire Test

HOMEWORK
Finish Things Fall Apart & do 2 events/outcomes
Study verb bellringers & satire study guide for test Friday

M: This Time for Africa
T: Cotton Eye Joe
W: Roar
Th: You Don’t Have to Try
F: Walk the Line

BELLRINGERS
M: Verbs: Review
T: Verbs: Review
W: Verb Test
Th: Nouns: Define; Subjects & Appositives
F: Nouns: Complements

AGENDA
M: Satire review; finish “My Mother Never Worked”
T: Review verbs & satire strategies
W: Things Fall Apart discussion; pop quiz; 3 events/outcomes
Th-F: Review verbs & satire strategies

HOMEWORK
Read Things Fall Apart Ch. 20-23; write down 4 events/outcomes; be prepared for a pop quiz Wednesday
Study bellringers for verb test & study satire study guide for test – both will be next week

M: Rock n Roll Medley
T: Africa Thunderstorm Choir
W: I’m from the Country
Th: Will You Be There
F: Chariots of Fire Soundtrack

OBJECTIVES
To recognize satire vs. comedy
To analyze the function of satire
To evaluate the target of satire

BELLRINGERS
M: Verbs: Transitive vs. Intransitive
T: Verbs: Active vs. Passive
W: Verbs: Review
Th: Verbs: Review
F: Verbs: Review

AGENDA
M-T: Continue satire study guide.
W: Things Fall Apart discussion; pop quiz; 3 events/outcomes
Th-F: “Mother Never Worked”

HOMEWORK
Read Things Fall Apart Ch. 17-19; write down 3 events/outcomes; be prepared for a pop quiz
Study bellringers for verb test

M: Footloose
T: Dance with Wheelchairs
W: Hello it’s Me

OBJECTIVES
To recognize satire vs. comedy
To analyze the function of satire
To evaluate the target of satire

BELLRINGERS
Monday: Linking Verbs
Tuesday: Being Verbs
Wednesday: No bellringer

AGENDA
M-T: Continue satire study guide.
W: Things Fall Apart discussion; pop quiz; present brochures

HOMEWORK
Read Things Fall Apart; do the brochure; be prepared for a pop quiz

OBJECTIVES
To analyze persuasive strategies used in writing, determining types of propaganda
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda to reading & writing
To critique writing for editing errors

BELLRINGERS
M: Write down the 8 parts of speech
T: Write the definition of a verb & provide 3 examples
W: What is a verb phrase? Identify the verb phrases.
Th: Identify the verb phrases.
F: Identify the verb phrases.

M-T: In library lab working on persuasive essays; due at END OF CLASS Tuesday
W: Things Fall Apart discussion and pop quiz
Th: Review for Test
F: Persuasive Test

HOMEWORK
1/26: Persuasive essay due AT THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD!!!
1/27: Pop-quiz on Things Fall Apart Ch. 10-14
1/28: Study for persuasive test scheduled for 1/29
2/3: Brochure for Things Fall Apart;
All persuasive unit homework MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY in order for you to get credit!

OBJECTIVES
To evaluate and recognize modes of persuasion
To reflect on the propaganda behind persuasion
To investigate types of persuasion
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda to reading & writing
To critique writing for editing errors

BELLRINGERS
T: Selling Planet
W: Expired Relationships
Th: Shark vs. Polar Bear
F: Announcements

AGENDA
T: Caring for the Kenai essay edits
Discuss MLK questions as a class
W: Things Fall Apart Discussion and project
Th-F: Class time given to write persuasive essays on any school-appropriate topic of your choice. Remember: You may choose to enter the ferry essay contest and write a persuasive essay explaining what glacier the new ferry should be named after.

1/19/16: Bring CFTK essays to class!!!! Consider what persuasive topic you would like to write an essay about
1/20/16: Come to class with chapters 5-10 of Things Fall Apart read, and the 12 proverbs on page 35 of your text written in your booklet

and

rephrased in your own words
1/26/16: Persuasive essay due AT THE END OF THE CLASS!

Take my Life
Burn
You Raise Me Up
Celtic Dueling Violins
Dueling Pipers

OBJECTIVES
To evaluate and recognize modes of persuasion
To reflect on the propaganda behind persuasion
To investigate types of persuasion
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda to reading & writing

BELLRINGER
M: Best Hybrid
T: Average of 5 people
W: Day off School
Th: Adventures

AGENDA
M-T: MLK Jr’s “I Have a Dream”
W: Things Fall Apart Discussion
Th: Complete MLK worksheet
F: Fazio Presentation

HOMEWORK
1/11/16: Persuasive Lapbook (for those who were here Friday the 9th)
1/13/16: Persuasive Commercial strategies (for those who were gone Friday); T chart for Things Fall Apart showing differences between father and son in ch 1-5
1/14/16: Turn in Persuasive Study Guides with your name on both parts!
1/19/16: MLK Worksheets due, for those who didn’t finish in class. Bring in a copy of your Caring for the Kenai essay to edit.
1/20/16: Come to class with chapters 5-10 of Things Fall Apart read, and the 12 proverbs on page 35 of your text written in your booklet

and

rephrased in your own words

M: Turn My Ship Around
T: Bridge over Troubled Waters
W: I Will Follow Him
Th: Couldn’t Believe it was her Voice
F: In Summer

OBJECTIVES
To discern point of view and purpose
To analyze ideas and determine effectiveness
To determine target audience for any given rhetoric

BELLRINGER
M: Persuasive write: ad for canned unicorn meat
T: Dying Houseplant
W: Evangelical
Th: Horse, Cow, or Chicken?
F: Pick one book

AGENDA
M-T: Unit pre-test
Persuasion Notes PowerPoint, study guide, and discussion
W-Th: Boat group advertisement game
F: Persuasive Treasure Hunt

M: Home Free’s “Do You Hear What I Hear”
T: Pentatonix’s “Carol of the Bells”
W: Bing Crosby’s “Mele Kalikimaka”
Th: Home Free’s O Holy Night

OBJECTIVE
RL 2-6, 9-10
W 10
L 2, 4-5

AGENDA
Reading & analyzing Taming of the Shrew

HOMEWORK
Complete TotS questions

Celtic Woman’s O Holy Night
Pentatonix’ Joy to the World
Piano Guys’s Silent Night
Straight No Chaser
Acrobat Tree

STANDARDS
RL 2-6, 9-10
W 10
L 2, 4-5

BELLRINGER
M: Never Forget
T: Zombie Packing List
W: 10 minute QWA Opener
Th: QWA
F: Flight vs. Invisibility

AGENDA
M-T; F: Reading & analyzing Taming of the Shrew
W: Fahrenheit 451 analysis
Th: QWA

HOMEWORK
Read & analyze Fahrenheit 451